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DIECAST – Announce Spring Tour Dates, Tour Sponsored By MetalUnderground.com

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metalcore, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on March 9, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Boston Metalcore act DIECAST has announced a string of Tour dates for this Spring. The tour will be sponsored by the Metal authorities over at MetalUnderground.com. The band is currently working on an upcoming full length. Stay tuned for more DIECAST tour dates to surface soon. Be sure to stay tuned to MetalUnderground.com for tour updates: www.metalunderground.com

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DIECAST On Tour Spring 2012:

3/15 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Morgan

3/16 – Trenton, NJ @ Championship

3/17 – Baltimore, MD @ Recher Theater

4/27 – Southbridge, MA @ Mill Street Brews

4/28 – Albany, NY @ Bogies w/ Brick By Brick

4/29 – Long Island, NY @ Broadway Bar

4/30 – Springfield, VA @ Empire (formerly Jaxx)

 5/01 – Fayetteville, NC @ Rock Shop

 5/02 – Savannah, GA @ The Wormhole

 5/03 – Jacksonville, FL @ Brewsters Pit

 5/04 – Cocoa Beach, FL @ 321 Local

 5/05 – St. Petersburg, FL @ The Local

 5/06 – Lake Worth, FL @ Speakeasy Lounge

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(Source: Team All About The Music – Publicity, Management, A&R)
For more info on DIECAST:
www.facebook.com/DiecastOfficial
DIECAST @ MetalUnderground.com: http://www.metalunderground.com/bands/details.cfm?bandid=135

LONG LIVE DIECAST.

Stone.

DORO – To Guest On Season 10 Of ‘That Metal Show’

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Live Online Chat With Fans Scheduled

Reigning Queen of Metal DORO PESCH will be appearing as a guest on VH1 Classic’s Season 10 of “That Metal Show.”

“It’s awesome that there’s such a great and unique Metal show on television. ‘That Metal Show’ is my favorite show to watch when I’m in America! I’ve known Eddie Trunk for a very long time. He’s a long-time supporter and I love what he does… and he’s always a great interview when I’m in New York. I’m very excited and looking forward to being on the show!”

Hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine, the DORO episode will air Saturday, May 12th at 9 p.m. PACIFIC / 11 p.m. EASTERN. Other guests include Ian Astbury and Billy Duffy of The Cult and Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon. To view the complete schedule of guests lined up for Season 10, click HERE.

DORO will be participating in a live web chat with fans on Tuesday, March 13th at 10:30 a.m. PACIFIC / 1:30 p.m. EASTERN / 18:30 (6:30 p.m.) CET at the Nuclear Blast Streaming Room.

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DORO’s mammoth 25 Years In Rock 2 DVD/CD set – which has immortalized her 2,500th live concert – was released last September.

DORO celebrated her 25th anniversary concert in 2008 at the ISS Dome in her hometown of Düsseldorf, Germany. With over 8,500 people in attendance, this magical performance featured her long-time band members Nick Douglas (bass), Joe Taylor (guitar), Johnny Dee (drums) and Oliver Palotai (keyboards, guitar).

Guest appearances were made by Overkill’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth, Grave Digger’s Chris Boltendahl, former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen, Scorpions’ Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker, Liv Kristine (Leaves’ Eyes), Floor Jansen (After Forever), Axel Rudi Pell and many others. This once-on-a-lifetime concert set was captured in its entirety and includes outtakes from this very special career-affirming evening and is still available at the Nuclear Blast Webshop.

View the 25 Years In Rock DVD video trailer AT THIS LOCATION.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on DORO, click on the links below:

http://www.doro.de/

http://www.facebook.com/DoroOfficial

http://www.youtube.com/DoroOfficial

LONG LIVE DORO.

Stone.

ACCEPT – 2012 European Tour Trailer!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Check out below the kick-ass ACCEPT 2012 European Tour Trailer!

ACCEPT F’N ROCKS!

Metal be thy name!

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For more info on ACCEPT, click on the link below:

ACCEPT – Official Website

LONG LIVE ACCEPT.

Stone.

WIZARD – To Play In The U.S. At The Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse & Other World Tour Dates

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Back in November, we’ve announced that WIZARD will play their first gig in the U.S. at the Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse, North America’s greatest True Metal fest! The flights are booked and the countdown’s on.

On May 19th Wizard will headline the festival in Joliet, IL near Chicago and play with bands such as Virgin Steele, Skull Fist, Brocas Helm and many more!

The 2-day ticket is available for $40 at http://www.ragnarokkrmetal.com where you’ll also find additional information about the festival.

Next week on March 17th WIZARD will spill the blood of their enemies at the Hammerfest (Prestatyn, UK) together with Amon Amarth, Dream Evil, Hell and others. They’ll play from 07:15 PM until 08:15 PM at Stage One.  Criminal will play at the same stage later that night from 01 AM until 02 AM.

On April 14th Wizard are back in the Czech Republic, where they will celebrate the Metal together with Paragon and more at Pilzen’s Klub Serikovka!

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(Source: Massacre Records)

 For more info, click on the links below:

http://www.massacre-records.com

www.hammerfest.co.uk

LONG LIVE WIZARD.

Stone.

Joe Elliott’s Down ‘N’ Outz’s ‘Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding’ Streaming On Band’s Facebook Page

Posted in classic rock, classic rock songs, Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on the official website of DEF LEPPARD:

Joe Elliott’s Down ‘N’ Outz’s version of “Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding” has been a big hit on Joe’s weekly radio show on Planet Rock.  Due to the many requests you can now stream the track on demand over at the Down ‘N’ Outz Facebook page: Down ‘n’ Outz – Facebook

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For more info, click on the link below:

http://www.downnoutz.com/

LONG LIVE JOE ELLIOTT’S DOWN ‘N’ OUTZ.

CLASSIC ROCK FOREVER.

Stone.

JOB FOR A COWBOY – Arizona Death Metal Legion To Kick Off Metal Alliance Tour Next Week At SXSW!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Arizona Death Metal legion JOB FOR A COWBOY will kick off a five-and-a-half week stretch of North American dates on this year’s Metal Alliance Tour next week. The live rituals will commence on March 15 in Austin, Texas as part of South By Southwest 2012 and consume 35 more cities through April 21. The band will be joined by headliners Devildriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending Doom and Wretched.

In addition, the furious quintet will play double duty on March 15 as they headline Metal Blade Records’ 30th Anniversary [unofficial] SXSW day party. Presented by Musicians InstituteAnnex (formerly Emo’s Annex) and co-sponsored by ‘stache media, the show will begin at 11:30am and devour ears until 6:00pm at the MI Annex. For more info, head over to THIS LOCATION.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will release their new brand new full-length, entitled Demonocracy, this Spring. Drenched in equal parts misanthropy and naked rage, the nine-track recording tackles a host of political/economic themes including media propaganda, the “war industry” and the staggering debts faced by America. Produced by Jason Seucof (Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Trivium) who recorded the band’s scorching Ruination full-length, at Audiohammer Studios, and featuring the conceptual cover design by artist Brent Elliott White, Demonocracy, will be unearthed to North American fans on April 10, 2012 through Metal Blade Records.

If you missed it, you can still check out new single, “Nourishment Through Bloodshed,” as well as cover art at the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE. For pre-orders and info on special limited edition merch bundles, point your browser HERE.

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JOB FOR A COWBOY – Metal Alliance Tour 2012
w/ Devildriver,The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending Doom , Wretched

3/15/2012 SXSW – Scoot Inn – Austin, TX

3/16/2012 The Hangar – New Orleans, LA

3/17/2012 State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL

3/18/2012 Amos – Charlotte, NC

3/19/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA

3/20/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD

3/21/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY

3/22/2012 The Palladium – Worcester, MA

3/23/2012 Le National – Montreal, QC

3/24/2012 Opera House – Toronto, ON

3/25/2012 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH

3/26/2012 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL

3/27/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

3/28/2012 Garrick Center – Winnipeg, MB

3/29/2012 Riddell Centre – Regina, SK

3/30/2012 Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB

3/31/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

4/01/2012 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

4/02/2012 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

4/03/2012 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA

4/05/2012 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA

4/06/2012 The Fox Theatre – Pomona, CA

4/07/2012 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ

4/08/2012 El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM

4/09/2012 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

4/10/2012 Sokol Auditorium – Omaha, NE

4/11/2012 7 Flags Event Center – Clive, IA

4/12/2012 Pop’s – East St Louis, IL

4/13/2012 New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN

4/14/2012 Clear Channel Metroplex – Little Rock, AR

4/15/2012 Granada Theatre – Lawrence, KS

4/16/2012 Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK

4/18/2012 Dos Amigos – Odessa, TX

4/19/2012 House of Blues – Dallas, TX

4/20/2012 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

4/21/2012 House of Blues – Houston, TX

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on JOB FOR A COWBOY, click on the links below:

https://www.facebook.com/jobforacowboy

http://metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

LONG LIVE JOB FOR A COWBOY.

Stone.

CANNIBAL CORPSE – Grace The Cover Of DECIBEL Magazine’s Zombie Issue

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Death Metal monarchs CANNIBAL CORPSE grace the cover of the April 2012 edition of Decibel Magazine: The Zombie Issue! Their third time on the cover of one of Metal’s most extreme and revered publications finds bloodied growl-merchant George “Corpsgrinder” Fisher at war with the undead.

Inside, author Chris Dick unearths a thoroughly absorbing ‘CORPSE dissertation that includes collective discussions about the creation of their monolithic new album, Torture, the band’s earliest encounters with censorship, artistic expression, facts and figures on one of the genre’s highest selling bands to date and of course, the relevance of zombies in 2012.

The issue hits newsstands on Thursday, March 8.  To order your copy, go to THIS LOCATION.

Earlier this week, Decibel hosted the official premiere of “Encased In Concrete,” the fourth track off Torture. In case you missed it, you can still rupture your eardrums HERE.

Torture will be available to North American fans on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. For special Torture preorder packages, visit the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE.

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

Stone.

REVOCATION – 2012 Spring Tour Dates With Cannabis Corpse & Ramming Speed

Posted in death thrash, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

REVOCATIONMetalSucks and Metal Injection present REVOCATION with Cannabis Corpse and Ramming Speed. Metal be thy name. Check out these April 2012 tour dates!

The Death Thrash assault that REVOCATION is known for cannot be stopped nor contained. REVOCATION – Chaos Of Forms is a Thrash Metal CD that any Metal or Extreme Metal fan MUST own. The brand of Metal Extremity that you will devour from REVOCATION will kick the shit out of your senses… and then you’ll want more. And more again. Chaos Of Forms was released back on August 16th, 2011, on RELAPSE RECORDS.

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TOUR DATES/VENUES:

Apr 19 @ Great Scott – Allston, MA

Apr 20 @ Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, Canada

Apr 21 @ Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, Canada

Apr 22 @ Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH

Apr 23 @ Ultra Lounge – Chicago, IL

Apr 25 @ Strange Matter – Richmond, VA

Apr 26 @ Sonar – Baltimore, MD

Apr 27 @ The Barbary Coast – Philadelphia, PA

Apr 28 @ Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

Apr 29 @ The Backstage at Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ

REVOCATION:

David Davidson – Guitars / Vocals

Anthony Buda – Bass / Vocals

Phil Dubois – Drums

Dan Gargiulo – Guitars / Vocals

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For more info on REVOCATION:

Go to the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATION Facebook and MySpace pages.

For more info on RAMMING SPEED, click on the link below:

http://www.tdbrecords.com/rammingspeed/

For more info on CANNABIS CORPSE, click on the link below:

http://www.cannabiscorpse.com/

LONG LIVE REVOCATION.

LONG LIVE CANNABIS CORPSE & RAMMING SPEED.

Stone.

IMPENDING DOOM – ‘Baptized In Filth’ Is A Heightened Listen Into Some Absolute Extreme Metal

Posted in christian heavy metal, deathcore, Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

IMPENDING DOOM – Releasing on March 13th, 2012, via eOne Music is Baptized In Filth from Riverside California’s – Impending Doom. Extreme. Extreme Metal. You’re getting a magnitude of Extreme Metal with Impending Doom. This band is not sheepish on keeping the level of intensity atop a colossal barrage of blast beats, searing guitar leads, chunky riffs, quaking bass lines and wrathful vocals. Extreme. Metal.

Does Impending Doom stare down the ominous shadow of redundancy? Sure they do. Their convincing as hell when it comes to playing this fast and furious. I can feel this band’s unrestrained aggression come through quite loud and clear on Baptized In Filth, that is for sure. It takes commitment to write and play Metal this enraged. Hell yes it does. To sing as brutal as Brook Reeves does takes some Metal passion, I myself would begin to choke after singing this way for twenty seconds.

Steering away from labeling Impending Doom with “multiple genre” tags is useless. (Christian Metal and Deathcore can be thrown about). Extreme. Metal. That’s all my fellow Metal brethren need to know. This album accentuates a great deal of positives for this band, these guys have a keen sense for how an album should flow for these songs really do stack-up together fittingly. Their musicianship and obvious energy shows signs of greater things to come and yet Impending Doom have a damn fine album of songs here and now.

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One thing Impending Doom should realize is “toning it down” as they did with My Light Unseen, makes sense and adds a stylistic quality about them other than full-throttle. I’d like to hear more of this side to Impending Doom in the future. This song is still hard and heavy, even with its tempo turned down a few notches. I really welcome this sound from Impending Doom, with both clean and Extreme vocals existing together.

Exploring dark themes lyrically and putting the anti-God doctrine on the witness stand, with an obvious unrelenting and aggressive musical identity, Impending Doom has created quite the heightened listen with Baptized In Filth. This being their fourth full-length, I will predict that Impending Doom will be around for many more albums to come. There’s a genuineness in this band’s collective sound that I can appreciate.

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Baptized In Filth – Track Listing:

Murderer

For the Wicked

Chaos: Reborn

Deceiver

Falling Away

Absolute Horror

Angry Letters to God

Baptized in Filth

My Light Unseen

Death. Ascension. Resurrection

Brook Reeves – Vocals

Cory Johnson – Guitars

David Sittig – Bass

Brandon “Btown” Trahn – Drums

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For more info on IMPENDING DOOM, click on the links below:

http://www.thearteryfoundation.com/artis…

http://www.myspace.com/impendingdoom
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http://www.twitter.com/impending_doom

LONG LIVE IMPENDING DOOM.

Stone.

HIGH ON FIRE – ‘De Vermis Mysteriis’ – Releases On April 3rd, 2012

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music news, stoner metal, stoner rock with tags , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

HIGH ON FIRE – Album title translation: “The Mysteries of the Worm”. Well, it isn’t a mystery to me that High On Fire is one hell of a Metal band. De Vermis Mysteriis is one album in 2012 that I’m looking forward to hearing, you can bet your last Metal dollar on that one. Apparently, this is a pretty deep concept album which involves time travel. You can read more about this album’s intriguing concept by visiting the High On Fire website: http://www.highonfire.net/

High On Fire are steadily cementing themselves within the legendary Metal halls of Metal history, in my Metal opinion. Matt Pike. ‘Nuff said. De Vermis Mysteriis will be released on April 3rd, 2012, via eOne Music.

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HIGH ON FIRE:

Matt Pike – Guitars, Vocals

Des Kensel – Drums

Jeff Matz – Bass

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De Vermis Mysteriis – Track Listing:

Bloody Knuckle

King of Days

Serums of Liao

Spiritual Rites

Romulus and Remus

De Vermis Mysteriis

Madness of an Architect

War Horn

Fertile Green

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For more info on HIGH ON FIRE, click on the links below:

http://www.highonfire.net/

eOne Metal

http://www.eonemusic.com/

LONG LIVE HIGH ON FIRE.

Stone.

THE SUFFERING – SIGNS TO CHAOS RECORDS

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Chaos Records has announced the signing of Mexico City’s THE SUFFERING. Forming in 1996 for the express purpose of crossing Mexican ancient and Swedish old school Death Metal, THE SUFFERING released one well received self-titled demo in 1998, but are now prepared to unleash Hell with their full-length debut via Chaos Records later this year. Featuring ex and current members of CENOTAPH and DENIAL, THE SUFFERING’s long-awaited debut is guaranteed to set the world aflame. We’ll keep you posted on all the evildoings.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

For more info on THE SUFFERING, click on the link below:

http://www.chaos-records.com

LONG LIVE THE SUFFERING.

Stone.

BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS – Releases FREE Download Sampler

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Bastardized Recordings have a special present for all their fans, friends and supporters. They have released a FREE sampler entitled Bastardized and Friends featuring some of their favourite tracks from bands off the Bastardized roster as well as some great stuff contributed by bands the Bastardized-Team knows and loves.

This sampler features tracks from Bastardized’ recent signings DYING HUMANITY and PURIFICATION as well as stunning work from CATALEPSY, ICHOR and TODAY FOREVER and hard hitting stuff by Bastardized friends like ALL ITS GRACE or BUST A MOVE.

All for FREE! Pick it up at Facebook TODAY: http://www.facebook.com/Bastardizedrec

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Track Listing:

BLOODATTACK – Fall As One

PURIFICATION – Legion

DYING HUMANITY – Addicted

TODAY FOREVER – Boreout

CATALEPSY – Bleed

BUST A MOVE – Contaminated

AWAKEN DEMOS – Phoenix

BRICKTOP – I Guess

WE ARE THE DAMNED – Christian Orgy

GREY – Through The Roof, Underground

DEAD FLESH FASHION – Flies!

FUCK YOUR SHADOW FROM BEHIND – Zwielicht

ICHOR – The Gorgon

ALL ITS GRACE – Through The Moloch

LOWER HELL – Nothing Personal Just Business

MÖRSER – Small Weak Virus

TRIBE – Bad Old Time

GRIND INC. – Lynch And Dissect

(DAMN) THIS DESERT AIR – Ghost I Own

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(Source: Massacre Records)

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS.

Stone.

ICED EARTH – Confirmed To Play At the Kalaset Festival, Lulea, Sweden

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, Power Metal, power metal bands, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

As reported on The Official Iced Earth Website:

Mark your calendars. Fans in Sweden…get ready! Iced Earth has just been confirmed to play the Kalaset Festival!

More information will be announced on our Tour page when it becomes available.

Date: August 4, 2012

Place: Sweden

City: Lulea

Festival: Kalaset Festival

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For more info on ICED EARTH, click on the links below:

www.IcedEarth.com

http://www.youtube.com/officialicedearth

For more info on the Kalaset Festival, click on link below:

 http://www.kalaset.se/

LONG LIVE ICED EARTH.

Stone.

PRETTY MAIDS – ‘It Comes Alive’ Trailer (Official) – DVD/CD Release Info

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal dvds, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Celebrating their 30th Anniversary in historic Hard Rockin’ fashion, PRETTY MAIDS are set to release their first live DVD/CD of their legendary career!

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After their successful and highly acclaimed 2010 album “Pandemonium”  Danish Melodic Hard Rockers, Pretty Maids are now releasing their debut visual release, with the new DVD/CD recording “ IT COMES ALIVE “ ( Maid in Switzerland ), via Frontiers Records.

Riding on the success of “Pandemonium” which by fans and reviewers was rated as the best Pretty Maids album since their heyday back in the eighties, the band has been touring more or less constantly throughout 2010/2011. They undertook a full-scale European tour in 2010 and has since played several festivals plus the occasional gigs.

For many years there has been a massive and ongoing request for a live DVD with the band and on October 1st, 2011, Pretty Maids gathered with an enthusiastic and high explosive crowd of die-hard fans and followers to fulfill the demand.

Tracklisting:

CD1: Pandemonium; I.N.V.U; Hell on high heels; Wake up to the real world; Destination paradise; Another shot of your love; Scream; Walk away; It comes at night; Queen of dreams; Savage heart; Clay.

CD2: Yellow rain; Rock the house; Back to back; Rodeo; Lovegames; Future world; Little drops of  heaven; Please don’t leave  me; Red hot and  heavy.

* Lethal Heroes Bonus track on USA and Euro Edition

Nightmare In The Neighbourhood iTunes bonus track

Spooked Japan bonus track

DVD Contents: Pandemonium; I.N.V.U.; Hell On High Heels; Wake Up To The Real World; Destination Paradise; Another Shot of your love; Scream; Walk Away; It Comes At Night; Queen Of Dreams; Savage Heart; Yellow Rain; Rock The House; Back To Back; Rodeo; Love Games; Future World; Little Drops Of Heaven; Please Don’t Leave Me; Red Hot & Heavy.

Rockumentary (incl. backstage footage and interviews with the band)

Release dates: March 23rd, 2012 (Europe) and March 27th, 2012 (North America)

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(Source: Frontiers Records)

For more info on PRETTY MAIDS, click on the links below:

http://www.prettymaids.dk

http://www.facebook.com/prettymaids

http://www.twitter.com/pmaids

http://www.youtube.com/prettymaidsdenmark

FRONTIERS RECORDS

LONG LIVE PRETTY MAIDS.

Stone.

MI Annex Presents: Metal Blade Records’ 30th Anniversary [unofficial] SXSW Day Party

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

JOB FOR A COWBOY, CANCER BATS, BATTLECROSS, PILGRIM, GYPSYHAWK and EARLY GRAVES set to devastate Austin Thursday March 15

Metal Blade Records has teamed up with Musicians InstituteAnnex (formerly Emo’s Annex) and co-sponsors ‘stache media to bring you one of the heaviest day parties devastating the streets of Austin this March, featuring JOB FOR A COWBOY, CANCER BATS, BATTLECROSS, PILGRIM, GYPSYHAWK, EARLY GRAVES and MI band TRUCELINE. The bands will be hitting the infamous 6th Street location for 6 hours of metal and hard rock, celebrating the label’s 30th Anniversary, with doors opening at 11:30am. The party will be free of charge and open to the public.

Be sure to get there early as the first 100 people in will receive a swag bag filled with goodies provided by Metal Blade Records, Indie Merch, and ‘stache media. There will also be a raffle held for some bigger ticket items, provided by Metal Blade and Indie Merch.

And as if a free show and goodies wasn’t enough, our good friends over at Indie Merch have gone above and beyond the call of duty and contributed to the beer fund. So help us celebrate our 30th anniversary and join us for some great music, some killer giveaways and free beer while it lasts. And don’t forget to get your raffle ticket at the door for your chance to win some cool items from bands like As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, Goatwhore, Amon Amarth and more!

WHEN: Thursday, March 15 – Doors at 11:30am – 6:00pm

WHERE: MI Annex 522 E. 6th Street, Austin TX

FREE!!!

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on the sponsors:

http://www.metalblade.com

http://www.mi.edu

http://www.stachemedia.com

http://www.indiemerchstore.com

For more info on the bands:

http://www.metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

http://www.metalblade.com/cancerbats

http://www.metalblade.com/Battlecross

http://www.metalblade.com/pilgrim

http://www.facebook.com/gypsyhawkusa

https://www.facebook.com/truceline

LONG LIVE METAL BLADE RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

UNHERZ – Releasing ‘Best Of’ (Digital Only) Album: ‘Therapie-die zehn besten Sitzungen’ – Track Listing, Release Info

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

UNHERZ – German Heavy Metal band UNHERZ will have their upcoming best of album released on April 13, 2012.

The digital-only release will be available for a special price on iTunes, Amazon MP3, Musicload and other digital music online shops.

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Therapie-die zehn besten Sitzungen (Best Of) – Track Listing:

01. Therapie

02. Sünder Vor Dem Herrn

03. Inferno 


04. Die Zeit Heilt Alle Wunden

05. Herzschlag

06. Und Dunkelheit Wird Licht

07. Prall Und Kugelrund

08. 20.000 Freunde

09. Die Hölle Muss Schön Sein

10. Rette Mich

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(Source: Massacre Records)

For more info on UNHERZ, click on the links below:

UNHERZ – Official Website

MASSACRE RECORDS

LONG LIVE UNHERZ.

Stone.

Ronnie Montrose – Rest In Peace

Posted in classic rock, guitarists, Hard Rock, heavy metal news, Music, rock guitarists, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Ronnie Montrose – Legendary guitarist and Hard Rock & Heavy Metal pioneer Ronnie Montrose passed away on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, at the age of 64. From numerous credible reports, it has been stated that Ronnie Montrose was battling prostate cancer. Metal Odyssey expresses condolences to the family, friends and fans of Ronnie Montrose.

The A-list of musicians that Ronnie Montrose had recorded and played with throughout his legendary career is extensive, (Boz Skaggs, Van Morrison, The Edgar Winter Group) to name a few. Ronnie Montrose had of course, his very own legendary Hard Rock band Montrose, a band in which Sammy Hagar debuted in, fronted and received his career break from. Ronnie Montrose also enjoyed much success with the Rock/Hard Rock/AOR band Gamma.

The Rock N’ Roll of Ronnie Montrose shall live on forever. Rest in peace, Ronnie Montrose.

(Top album photo: Montrose – debut/ST, Warner Bros. from 1973)

Stone.

MANOWAR – LIVE: Summer 2012 Festivals Update

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, Power Metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

MANOWAR – As the above poster states, MANOWAR will be having quite a Metal glorious Summer of 2012!

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For more info on MANOWAR, click on the link below:

http://www.manowar.com

For MANOWAR merch, click on the link below:

www.thekingdomofsteel.com

For more info on GODS OF METAL ITALY, click  on the link below:

GODS OF METAL ITALY

For more info on the GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL, click on link below:

GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL 2012

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LONG LIVE MANOWAR.

Stone.

LIBERTY N’ JUSTICE ‘Hell Is Coming To Breakfast’ – Release Date, Final Track Listing with All Musicians Listed and 4 Music Videos To See & Hear!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock albums, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 4, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Liberty N’ Justice with JK Northrup and Roxx Records are proud to announce the official release date of LNJ’s 11th studio album Hell Is Coming To Breakfast on April 24th, 2012. LNJ is sorry for the confusion in mastering the album, there was a flaw in one of the demo’s and the quality had to be fixed before the CD could/can be released. The CD can still be preordered at http://roxxproductions.storenvy.com/products/216765-liberty-n-justice-hell-is-coming-to-breakfast-cd-only and the final track listing is…….

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1. “Hell Is Coming To Breakfast” Seann Nichols (Adler’s Appetite / Tarsha), JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ)

2. “Madhatter” Donnie Vie (Enuff Z’ Nuff), JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ), Chris Dickens (Mission Of One) & Tommy Denander

3. “Whack A Mole” Johnny Lima, JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ), Jerry Johnson (SAINT) & Richard Lynch (SAINT)

4.”Thankful Heart” Philip Bardowell (Unruly Child), Lynn Louise Lowrey (Vixen/Testify), & Anthony Gravley (Windup Rocket)

5. “Nakatomi Plaza” JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ), Greg Bishop (X-Sinner) & Scott Weisenborn (Testify)

6. “Stretch Armstrong” Louis St August (Mass), JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ) & Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper)

7. “Get Down” Tony Mills (TNT/ Shy),Mark Allen Lanoue (Chasing Karma/ Bilioxi) & Anthony Gravley (Windup Rocket)

8. “Your Memory Just Won’t Do” [Previously unreleased on CD] David Cagle, Alex Grossi (Quiet Riot) & CJ Snare (Firehouse)

9. “Thy will be done” [demo] Jamie Rowe (Guardian)

10.”What do you believe?” [Original demo of ‘Do what you believe’] Mike Ledesma (FAR CRY) Vic Rivera (Crunch)

11. “Monkey Dance” [Alternate Mix] Jack Russell (Great White)

12. “Sin” [Original Acoustic Demo] Jani Lane (Warrant)

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Want to hear some new LNJ from “HICTB”? Jim Madonna has put together some very cool vids for a few of the songs including an acoustic version of “Sin” featuring the late/great Jani Lane!!!!

“Sin” (acoustic version) Jani Lane

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“Stretch Armstrong” Louis St. August (MASS), Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper) & JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ)

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“Hell Is Coming To Breakfast” Seann Nichols (Adler’s Appetite / Tarsha), JK Northrup (King Kobra/ XYZ)

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“Your Memory Just Won’t Do” [Previously unreleased on CD] David Cagle, Alex Grossi (Quiet Riot) & CJ Snare (Firehouse)

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In other LNJ news, LNJ is proud to announce they have joined once again forces with Roxx Records to release “Before The Revolution : Best Of LNJ The Early Years” that will feature songs off the first 4 LNJ CD’s “Armed With The Cross”, “Big Guns”, “Forever Till The End” & “Bargain Bins” plus some cool demo’s! Go to Roxx for more details (Release date TBA)!!!

And in 2009, LNJ along with JK Northrup and with help from CJ Snare (Firehouse) started recording a double CD called “The Cigar Chronicles” at Jk’s studio, Alien Productions (www.alien1111.com).

26 songs (1/2 covers and 1/2 originals that were penned by JK and Justin Murr) that feature the talents of: Kip Winger (Winger), George Lynch (Dokken/ Lynch Mob), Jeff LaBar (Cinderella), Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (Guns N’ Roses), Tony Harnell (formerly of TNT), CJ Snare (Firehouse), Phil Lewis (LA GUNS), Gunnar Nelson (Nelson), Mark Slaughter (Slaughter), Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Jamie Rowe (Guardian), Stevie Rachelle (TUFF), James Christian (House of Lords), Steve Brown (Trixter) and so so so many more including the last 100% song ever recorded by Jani Lane! Well after many delays the album is finally recorded and is about to start the mixing process!!!

“The Cigar Chronicles” is the masterpiece Justin Murr has been waiting to share along with JK Northrup to the world!!! More details soon including this incredible track listing with over 60 guest musicians!!!

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(Source: Justin Murr)

For more info on LIBERTY N’ JUSTICE, click on the link below:

www.facebook.com/libertynjustice

LONG LIVE LIBERTY N’ JUSTICE.

Rest In Peace, Jani Lane.

Stone.

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS – March Of Death Tour 2012 With DEICIDE Is Underway

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 4, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

American Black Metal outfit ABIGAIL WILLIAMS‘ latest tour is now currently underway. Billed as support for almighty Death Metal legion Deicide on the March Of Death 2012 Tour, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are performing all new material from their recently released third LP Becoming, released worldwide via Candlelight Records in January. With Jungle Rot and Lecherous Nocturne also providing support for the entire trek, this shall prove to be one of the year’s heaviest tours so far as it storms across the continent through the end of the month.

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March Of Death 2012 – Deicide w/ Abigail Williams, Jungle Rot, Lecherous Nocturne

3/04/2012 Foufoune’s – Montreal, QC

3/05/2012 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC

3/06/2012 Opera House – Toronto, ON

3/07/2012 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY

3/08/2012 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

3/09/2012 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI

3/10/2012 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL

3/12/2012 Osbourne Village Inn – Winnipeg, MB

3/13/2012 The Exchange – Regina, SK

3/14/2012 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB

3/15/2012 Dickens – Calgary, AB

3/16/2012 Rutland Centennial Hall – Kelowna, BC

3/17/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

3/18/2012 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

3/19/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

3/20/2012 Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

3/21/2012 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

3/22/2012 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

3/23/2012 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

3/24/2012 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO

3/25/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX

3/27/2012 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

3/28/2012 The Hangar – New Orleans, LA

3/29/2012 Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL

For the past several months amazing reviews of ABIGAIL WILLIAMSBecoming have been pouring in, the new direction the band has taken on this album obviously many longtime fans’ favorite recording to date.

Clocking in at nearly an hour in length, Becoming ushers in a provocative new chapter for the ever-evolving ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. Containing six vast tracks, truly the band’s most expressive and complicated to date, Becoming was recorded in various warehouses throughout Los Angeles, with the lineup for the album including returning guitarist Ian Jekelis, studio drummer Zach Gibson (ex-The Black Dahlia Murder) and as always, vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron, who handled all mixing, mastering, production and engineering duties.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, click on the links below:

http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams

http:/www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

LONG LIVE ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.